Written answers
Tuesday, 4 July 2017
Department of Education and Skills
- Special Educational Needs
156. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the progress being made on the commitment in the programme for a partnership Government to introduce a new in-school speech and language therapy... - National Training Fund
157. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views on the fact that in every year since its establishment except for 2012 and 2014 there was an annual surplus in the National Training... - Student Grant Scheme Expenditure
158. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the cost of increasing the non-adjacent maintenance grant to €4,025 for full-time students at undergraduate and postgraduate level,... - Apprenticeship Programmes
162. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide a breakdown of the €99 million allocation for apprenticeships in 2017; the outcomes of this expenditure; and if he will... - School Accommodation Provision
163. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of an application for additional accommodation for a school (details supplied); the proposed timeframe for a decision on this... - School Accommodation
164. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of an application for additional accommodation by a school (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30841/17] - Schools Building Projects Status
165. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of a school building project for a school (details supplied); if the grant has been confirmed in writing; and if he will make a... - Special Educational Needs Service Provision
166. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if it is a constitutional right for a child to receive additional care and special support in a school with six children with learning... - Education and Training Boards Staff
167. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention has been drawn to the case of a person (detail supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30889/17] - Schools Property
168. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when he will approve the sale of an old school building (details supplied) in County Dublin; if he will investigate this delay and take the... - National Training Fund
169. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the proposed Exchequer employer investment mechanism which would enable the NTF to be used to fund higher education institutions will require... - Education and Training Boards
171. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 559 of 20 June 2017, if he will answer the question and provide details of all funding to each ETB from... - School Transport
172. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the school transport supports available to a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30937/17] - Capitation Grants
173. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the capitation levels per pupil to primary schools and to post primary schools; and the estimated cost of restoring capitation levels for both to... - School Funding
174. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the cost of equalising school funding between voluntary secondary schools and community and comprehensive secondary schools. [30942/17] - Schools Healthy Living Strategies
175. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to publish a strategy, plan or guidelines on the availability of foods high in fat, salt and sugars and on... - Schools Mental Health Strategies
176. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the progress being made on the national roll-out of the headstrong help seeking schools based substance misuse programme to all schools. [30944/17] - Schools Site Acquisitions
177. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the Kildare and Wicklow Education and Training Board, KWETB, has concluded its examination of the options for the site for a school (details... - Schools Building Projects
178. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the design team for a school (details supplied) has submitted the stage 2b submission including review arising from changes in public work... - Schools Building Projects Status
179. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he has received the tender documents and stage 2 (b) documentation for a school (details supplied); if not, if his Department will contact the... - Schools Amalgamation
182. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if will review a plan sent in by a school (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30958/17] - School Staff
183. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the approximate cost of restoring the staffing schedule for retaining and gaining a teacher that applied for schools pre-2012. [30968/17] - School Enrolments
184. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a person (details supplied) can be granted a school place to attend a school. [30972/17] - Psychological Services
185. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a NEPS psychologist has been assigned to school (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31036/17] - School Patronage
186. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the way in which he will ensure that no religious belief is favoured over other religious beliefs or none in his proposed reconfiguration of... - Broadband Service Provision
187. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of primary and post-primary schools that lack broadband services, by county. [31044/17] - Schools Building Projects Status
193. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the new permanent building for a community college (details supplied) will open in September 2018 as planned; and if he will make a statement... - Site Acquisitions
194. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the two temporary eight classroom schools at a location (details supplied) in Dublin 24 will not be used as temporary accommodation or as a... - Apprenticeship Data
195. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of persons in apprenticeship programmes in each of the years from 2011 to 2016 and to date in 2017, in tabular form; and if he will... - State Examinations
198. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the funding arrangements to post-primary schools for the leaving certificate applied, LCA, programme; if schools that choose to organise the LCA... - Third Level Institutions Governance
199. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention has been drawn to reports in the media of audits into third level institutions that have revealed a range of governance issues,... - Schools Building Projects
200. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention has been drawn to the delays experienced in commencing the construction of the permanent buildings of a school (details... - School Curriculum
201. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the progress that his Department has made in securing funding and resources for introduction of coding to all primary schools by 2019; and if he... - Higher Education Authority Administration
202. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of vacancies on the Higher Education Authority board; the duration of these vacancies; the process by which these vacancies will be... - Teachers' Remuneration
203. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of primary teachers on his Department's payroll who are paid a qualification allowance at the pass degree rate; and if he will make a... - Teacher Data
204. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of substitute teachers employed per school day, on average, in primary schools; if these positions are taken account of in planning... - Third Level Staff
205. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if all the recommendations of the Cush report in respect of fixed-term workers in third level colleges have been accepted and implemented by him;... - Commencement of Legislation
206. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if there are remaining sections of the Teaching Council (Amendment) Bill 2015 to be commenced; the timeframe for commencing such sections; and if... - Teaching Council of Ireland
207. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the way in which he will address concerns that the Teaching Council, in the absence of a statutory complaints procedure for use at school level,... - Pupil-Teacher Ratio
208. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the primary and post-primary average class size figures for the State and for other EU member states; his plans to tackle large class size... - Third Level Funding
209. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the steps he will take to deal with concerns regarding third level student support and the funding challenges for third level institutions; and... - Junior Cycle Reform
210. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will report on junior certificate syllabus, subject and assessment reforms and his key priorities in this regard; and if he will make a... - Croke Park Agreement
211. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will extend the work recognised for Croke Park hours to teachers' voluntary extra curricular activities which benefit students, in view of... - Teachers' Remuneration
212. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views on whether there is a clear pay disparity between teachers recruited before 1 January 2011 and those recruited thereafter; his further... - School Patronage
213. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the location of all schools under religious patronage that he expects to be divested in 2017 and 2018; and if he will make a statement on the... - Schools Property
215. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views on the suggestions by a union (details supplied) that related capital investment will be necessary if the programme for Government... - Education and Training Provision
216. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the way in which he plans to progress the three areas in the education sector that he has identified as his core priority areas of focus in the... - Technological Universities
217. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the Technological Universities Bill2015; the timeframe for it to return to Dáil Éireann; his planned changes to the draft... - English Language Training Organisations
218. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his legislative proposals to establish a learner protection fund for students of English language schools; and if he will make a statement on the... - School Textbooks
219. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his officials are examining a charity's (details supplied) proposal in its 2018 pre-budget submission to tackle the cost of schoolbooks for... - Student Assistance Fund
221. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to expand eligibility to the student fund for those with disabilities, the student assistance fund and a maintenance grant for part... - Schools Amalgamation
222. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will grant an additional funding request made to the capital appraisals unit from a school (details supplied) to assist with the associated... - Teacher Recruitment
223. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the criteria for a person (details supplied) who wants to apply for a teaching post in a primary school but who trained for secondary teaching;... - Schools Refurbishment
224. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will consider an appeal made by a school (details supplied) regarding the need to redevelop classrooms not fit for purpose; his views on... - Schools Building Projects Status
225. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of an application for a building programme by a school (details supplied); his views on the urgency of the situation; and if he will... - Brexit Data
226. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if there is a senior official with designated responsibility for Brexit matters in his Department; if so, the grade of the designated official;... - Student Grant Scheme Reform
227. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 111 of 25 May 2017, the status of his Department's review of the student grant scheme; when the review is... - Special Educational Needs Service Provision
228. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of schools in County Louth that have ASD units on site; the number of schools that are without an ASD unit; and if he will make a... - School Enrolments
230. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the steps he is taking to help meet the need for primary school places in Swords, County Dublin; and if he will make a statement on the matter.... - School Services Staff
231. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the redundancy and pension scenarios for employees of a school employed directly by a board of management, for example, school secretaries,... - Student Grant Scheme Applications
232. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of a SUSI student grant application made by a person (details supplied). [31365/17] - School Staff
233. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the basis on which a primary school may appeal the mainstream teacher allocations for the 2017-18 school year; and if he will make a statement on... - Student Grant Scheme Administration
234. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 553 of 20 June 2017, his views on whether it would be fairer for SUSI to either pursue all overpayments or... - Schools Administration
235. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the assessment which is carried out in respect of class sizes, school accommodation and other educational resources following the publication of... - Special Educational Needs Staff
236. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when special needs assistants will be allocated to primary schools for the incoming school year; and if he will make a statement on the matter.... - Schools Building Projects Status
237. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention has been drawn to the need for the new building for a school (details supplied) to be prioritised as a matter of urgency; the... - Emergency Works Scheme Applications
240. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding approving the school extension and improvement plan for a school (details supplied) since he last met teaching staff and... - Departmental Staff Data
241. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of civil servants in his Department that have requested a transfer to a location outside County Dublin; the number of civil servants...
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